Chapter 48: The Peach in Search of Food Falls Off the Cliff

The next morning, everyone woke up in the morning light, and their bodies were damp with dew. Alayanzong and Ula Peach were fortunately covered with wolf skins and sheepskins, and they felt slightly better.

The Arayandzong decided to look for food today for later use.

Except for the shopkeeper who was willing to stay, the others felt that they were not far from the mountain city of Vikchi, so they didn't delay anymore and wanted to go as soon as possible.

The young mother also insisted on leaving now.

Alayanzong and Ula Peach whispered a few words, and Ula Peach gave all the existing jerky to the young mother.

The young mother was grateful, saying that she wanted to go first because she did not want to receive their favor again.

After much persuasion, the young mother finally collected the rations and followed the others out of the valley and headed west.

Now there are only three people left in the valley, and there is no food left on them, so they must act immediately to find food.

After a brief discussion, it was decided that Alayanzong and Dian Xiaoer would look for prey, and Ula Peach would look for dried fruits, but not stay away from the two of them in case of accidents.

The morning sun had already shone into the mountains, but the dense woods to the north were still shady, and the fallen leaves on the ground were soft to step on, and at the same time gave off the strong smell of rotten mountains.

Except for the occasional birdsong in the canopy of the towering trees, the rustle of the leaves in the mountain wind, there is no other sound.

The three of them walked in the middle of it, picking grass and looking for it.

Walking through the forest, there is a shrub in front of it, where the sun is abundant, the weeds are abundant, and you can occasionally see a few medicinal herbs such as skullcap.

Alayan Zong picked it by the way.

Seeing that there were some low trees to the east, Ula no Peach walked over.

At this moment, the grass swayed, and it seemed as if an animal was moving quickly. Alayanzong quickly followed, picking up stones on the ground.

The dense weeds obscured Alayanzong's view and slowed down the movement of the critters.

Alayanzong was close at once, but he hadn't seen what it was.

Suddenly, small animals burst out from under the grass and ran in the direction of the forest.

Alayanzong only saw a yellow figure, and before he could see what it was, the stone in his hand had already flown out.

The yellow shadow rolled on the ground and never moved again.

The shopkeeper who followed behind ran forward to pick it up, and saw that it was a slender weasel, and then he smelled a foul smell wafting in.

The shopkeeper fanned the wind in front of his nose with his hand, wrinkled his nose and smiled: "This guy is still a stinky fart when he is dying! We still have a harvest, although there is not much meat, it is enough for three people to eat!"

Alayanzong also smelled the stench, twisted his head, and said, "Breakfast is here, but lunch hasn't been settled yet!" ”

The shopkeeper said, "Okay, I'll prepare breakfast." With that, he took the weasel to find a place to peel it.

Alayanzong continued to look around, thinking to himself: small animals are also food, but after all, there is too little meat, and it would be great if he could find goats.

Then he looked out to the hillside not far away. The slopes are sparsely wooded and mostly stunted shrubs. But no matter how closely Alayanzong looked, he couldn't see the goat, but he still planned to look for it closely.

After walking about 100 meters, a sika deer grazing was disturbed and fled.

Alayanzong immediately chased after him, jumping over the thorns and grass, and chased closely.

The sika deer jumped high, jumped far, the body was very light, and when someone chased him, he was even more panicked, sometimes jumping to the left, sometimes jumping to the right.

This made Alayanzong also have to adjust the route of the pursuit at any time, although it is getting closer and closer, but it still can't reach the sika deer.

The sika deer ran into the woods, where the weeds were sparse and the deer ran faster.

Alayanzong continued to run, and when he saw that he was almost at the distance where the flying stones could be hit, the sika deer suddenly disappeared when he landed.

Alayanzong was shocked in his heart, and he was very puzzled, thinking that he was dazzled, rubbing his eyes and looking closely, the sika deer was really gone.

Alayanzong stopped running, and tiptoed towards the place where the sika deer had disappeared.

When I looked closely, I didn't find anything strange, but after a closer look, Alayanzong found the clues.

A rectangle of one and a half meters wide and two meters long appeared at the feet, and although there were leaves on them, the leaves were glued with mud, and in some places the bare earth could be seen.

Alayanzong squatted down, pressed the rectangular mark with his hand, and with a little force, the other end was actually cocked, and then flipped it over, and the sika deer was below. It turned out to be a flip trap.

The depth of the trap is about three meters. Even if the sika deer is good at jumping, it can't jump without the aid of running. Even if it can jump to this height, it can't get out of the trap if there is a copy of it.

When the flap opened, there was a light shining in, and the sika deer looked forward to it and chirped, as if it was desperate.

Alayanzong untied the rope around his waist, pulled a looper, threw it down, lassoed the deer's neck, and dragged the sika deer up.

The sika deer landed on all four hooves, and Alayanzong stretched out his hand to pat the deer's head, and the deer immediately stopped moving.

Alayanzong re-covered the flap with leaves, and did a good job of camouflage. This should be a trap dug by local hunters to catch the prey, or it is better to restore it to its original state.

Alayanzong tied up the deer, carried it on his back, and hurried back. The deer weighed forty or fifty pounds, enough for them to eat for a few days.

Alayanzong smelled the aroma of barbecue from a distance, looking for the taste, there was a small cave at the foot of the mountain, and Xiao Er was setting up a firewood to barbecue the weasel there.

"A stinky weasel makes you roast so delicious, you deserve to be a chef. ”

Alayanzong put the sika deer on the ground and praised the shopkeeper with a smile.

The shopkeeper turned his head when he heard the sound, and saw that Alayanzong had hunted a sika deer, and he was extremely happy, "Oh, I picked up a big guy this time, it's enough to eat for several days!"

When Alayanzong saw that Ula Peach had not yet come, he said, "I'll go look for her." ”

The shopkeeper's face was still full of joy, and he shouted at the back of Alayanzong, "Come back for breakfast soon!"

Alayanzong went east.

Seeing those few dwarf trees, including fruit trees, Alayanzong thought that the Peach of Ula would not go too far, so he shouted, "Sister Peach!

No one responded, except for the echoes of the valley. Alayanzong couldn't help but feel anxious.

Diving into the woods, Alayanzong looked for the place where the weeds had been trampled underfoot, and followed the marks to move on.

Not far away is a cliff. Alayanzong's heart tightened, and he hurried to the edge of the cliff.

There is a sour jujube tree on the edge of the cliff, with branches stretching out obliquely, and some dried jujubes hanging on it. Looking down the cliff, a figure was lying there.

Alayanzong was even more nervous and worried, needless to say that it was the peach of Ula, and shouted twice, "Sister Peach!

Ula Peach, lying at the bottom of the cliff, didn't react at all. Alayanzong hurriedly turned around, facing the hillside, and slid down quickly.